What a fantastic way to spend a summer morning! I have wanted to do a garden tour for forever and I finally made it happen. I went with my long time friend Ruth and we had such a good time! This is the Arboretum’s 32nd annual garden tour and they do a great job. There … More Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Garden Tour
We were fortunate enough to spend another fabulous weekend up north. The weather was perfect and we were rewarded with yet another opportunity to photograph the sunset. I can’t decide which I like best so I’m posting a bunch of them. Enjoy and happy independence day!! First, one of hubby’s silhouette before the sun set, … More this weekend’s sunset at the lake
It was picture perfect at the lake for father’s day weekend. It was a last minute decision to go and when we checked the weather forecast there was a 90% chance of thunderstorms. That turned into a range of about 30% to 55% and then they became “scattered” thunderstorms. The storms never materialized!! And it … More a perfect weekend up north
We interrupt our regular Spain trip post this week to bring you some photos of spring this year. I’ll be back next week with more Spain photos and tales. First, some flowers: Next, some trees and plants: And I’ll leave you with another spring scene. This one’s of Miss M on a recent walk on a … More Spring flowers and plants
It’s been a few years since I wrote my last review of this fine dining establishment so I thought I would create a new, birthday version this time. When I made the reservation to celebrate my birthday at Hell’s Kitchen they asked if we would be celebrating something so I answered “birthday”. When we checked … More Another review of Hell’s Kitchen, Minneapolis
And I’m still here! Thank you to all my wonderful followers and all the “likes” over the years. I appreciate it very much. Similar to past years’ posts about my blogoversary, below are some of my favorite posts as well as the most popular posts as defined by the number of likes they received. Similar … More My 4th blogoversary!!
It’s been a remarkably warm and mild autumn here in the frozen tundra. And to keep my mind off the tragedy in Paris, I thought I’d put together some photos I took of the beautiful autumn colors we are still enjoying. I cannot recall an autumn since I have lived here in Minnesota where we … More autumn redux
travels with toby 